European Partnership for Action Against Cancer: ECL Coordinated Prevention

Welcome

ECL is a pan-European umbrella organisation of national and regional cancer leagues. For over 30 years, we have been providing a unique and important platform for cancer societies. From Iceland to Turkey, ECL is represented by leagues in the extended Europe. Together, we are "making a Difference in Cancer Prevention and Control!"

European Partnership for Action Against Cancer: ECL Coordinated Prevention

The European Commission's Partnership Action Against Cancer (EPAAC)" 2011-2014 aimed to draw together relevant organisations to share expertise, to identify challenges in order to reduce the number of new cancer cases in the EU by 15% by 2020.” ECL led on actions for cancer prevention (Work Package 5: Health Promotion and Cancer Prevention)

EUROPEAN WEEK AGAINST CANCER 2012: The Official Conference for European Week Against Cancer took place on 31 May to 1 June, in Rome, hosted by the Italian Ministry of Health, organised by ECL and the Italian Cancer League.

The themes for the European Week Conference was Tobacco Control and Screening.

EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR ACTION AGAINST CANCER (EPAAC): The 2012 Open Forum of EPAAC took place 19-20 June, in Rome, at the Italian Ministry of Health. The themes for this Open Forum was Health Promotion and Prevention (led by ECL), and Cancer Information. See the programme for the Open Forum here.

Main partners of the European Partnership for Action Against Cancer (European Commission, Work Package Leaders, Member State Representatives, invited guests) met in Ljubljana at a meeting hosted by the EPAAC Coordinators, the Slovenian Institute of Public Health on 29-30 September 2011.

The Steering Committee meeting took place on 30 September and had the following agenda items:

Reporting from the Coordinator of the Joint Action and from the Work Package Leaders

Reporting from the first European Week Against Cancer and the first

Open Forum & Discussion; Plans for the next year

Information on the work plans of the Commission and of the Trio Presidency of the Council of the EU (PL, DK, CY)

Proposal for European Booklet on Colorectal Cancer

Cross-national Analysis of the Performance of Cancer Care Systems (OECD)

Strategic Discussion

Reporting from the Coordinator of the Joint Action and from the Work Package Leaders Reporting from the first European Week Against Cancer and the first Open Forum & Discussion

Plans for the next year

Information on the work plans of the Commission and of the Trio Presidency of the Council of the EU (PL, DK, CY)

Proposal for European Booklet on Colorectal Cancer

Cross-national Analysis of the Performance of Cancer Care Systems (OECD)

Strategic Discussion

EPAAC Meetings of 28 September 2010, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Work Package Leaders met with the Commission in Luxembourg to discuss the status and planning of next steps in the Partnership. The summary report and presentations from Work Package leaders are now available on the Commission's website.

Work Package (WP) Presentations made at the European Commission, Luxembourg, 28 September, 2010 (click to download from Commission's site):

The Cancer Partnership actions will be under four pillars1. Prevention (Health promotion and early detection); 2. Identification and promotion of good practice in cancer-related healthcare; 3. Priorities for cancer research; and 4. Health information, collection and analysis of comparable data.

A main action of the Prevention and Health Promotion Work Package will be the re-launch of the European Week Against Cancer, the first of which is planned to take place 9-13 May 2011 on a prevention theme to be decided by a Prevention Steering Committee.

We look forward to working closely with our member leagues and external partners to advance cancer prevention in Europe and to working closely with our members leagues and external partners to advance cancer prevention in Europe.

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ECL's Vision

The vision of the Association of European Cancer Leagues is to be a visible and effective player in cancer prevention, control and care, in particular in Europe.